NOVEMBER 10– Donald Trump, twice-impeached former president and convicted felon, is leading in last Tuesday’s election with 306 electoral college votes, more than enough to return to the White House.
He said all the right things on Election Night.
“I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president,” Trump said in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 6. “And every citizen, I will fight for you, for your family and your future… I will not rest until we have delivered the strong, safe and prosperous America that our children deserve and that you deserve. This will truly be the golden age of America, that’s what we have to have,”
While Trump supporters rejoice in the victory, many are worried about their wellbeing–their own and others’, as Trump’s second presidential term begins to sink in.
Based on what Trump has said during his campaign trail, here are some things that we can expect to see when he returns to the Oval Office.
Clemency for the January 6 rioters:
On Jan. 6, 2021, Trump supporters attacked and breached the Capitol building, rejecting the electoral college vote showing President Biden winning the 2020 election.
Trump said that those who attacked were “patriots” being held hostage by the Justice Department. He has said that he wants to pardon more than 1,000 people who were convicted or pleaded guilty in the attacks on the Capitol.
The “largest deportation effort in American history”:
During the campaign Trump vowed numerous times that he would deport millions.
“We obviously have to make the border strong and powerful and, and we have to — at the same time, we want people to come into our country,” he said. “And you know, I’m not somebody that says, ‘No, you can’t come in.’ We want people to come in,” Trump said to NBC News.
Trump’s plan of mass deportation would be a logistical and financial challenge on the federal agencies involved, the Justice Department and the Pentagon, ICE Director Patrick J. Lechleitner told NBC News.
Agenda 47 plan for Department of Education:
Trump has proposed cuts in the Department of Education, which establishes policy and assistance to schools. Funding cuts for programming such as Title I, which oversees revenue for low achieving, poverty K-12 schools, would be impacted. These cuts will also affect Pell grants for undergraduate financial needs. Trump also wants each state to have control over its school systems rather than the federal government. Trump has also started outlining plans for classroom discussions and content.
“Trump’s campaign has outlined a plan that features prayer in public schools, an expansion of parental rights in education, patriotism as a centerpiece of education and an emphasis on the ‘American Way of Life,’” according to ABC News.
Trump has also spoken about removing diversity initiatives in education by promoting funding cuts for programming or education that promotes the topics of critical race theory, gender ideology or race, sexual, and political discussions.
Harris conceded the day after the election at her alma mater, Howard University, in Washington, D.C.
